UMass Dartmouth Annual Research Report 2021 by UMass Dartmouth

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Vice Provost for Research and Academic Affairs

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Office of Research Administration Office of Research Development Office of the Provost Office of Technology Commercialization and Ventures

PHOTOS COURTESY Levante Anderson Tailyn Clark Kindra Clineff Karl Dominey Elizabeth Friar Jonathan Hillyer Scott Indermaur Jennifer White

WRITERs Debra Hazian David James Ryan Merrill Adrienne Wartts

Designer Liana DePillo

Dear Colleagues, I am excited to bring this report on the outstanding scholarly accomplishments of our faculty, students, and staff. I am honored to present the innovative research, scholarship, and creative activities of our faculty that are committed to our mission of transforming the lives of our students, knowledge discovery, and community engagement. For nearly a century, America’s great research universities have played an important role in providing innovative solutions to tackling small and large problems in science and technology leading to life-saving vaccines, innovative energy solutions, sustainable fisheries, deep-space explorations, human understanding, while developing the greatest artists and performers. UMass Dartmouth’s achievements in research and scholarship during the 2021 Fiscal Year are a tribute to the ingenuity and resilience of its scholars and all those who support them. At a time when most campus research operations were halted in response to the global pandemic, UMass Dartmouth’s research expenditures grew. This is a truly remarkable accomplishment made possible by ingenious faculty and the support provided by the research office. The University has routinely partnered with federal, state, and local agencies to steward vital public investments responsibly and transparently to improve outcomes of the Southcoast and the Commonwealth. As Massachusetts’s only research university south of Boston, the University prepares generations of students — from undergraduate to doctoral — through innovation and creativity preparing graduates for success through critical thinking and problem-solving. The University will continue to focus on increasing partnerships with corporations, healthcare systems, small businesses, startups, and fishermen, and increase research engagement in clean energy, national defense, and sustainability. The articles you will see are but a sample of the scope and impactful work that was conducted since Fall 2020. The Office of Research and Innovation remains steadfast in our commitment to supporting scholarship in every form through internal seed funding, identifying funding opportunities, proposal submission, preand post-award support, technology commercialization, environmental health and safety, and undergraduate research. Like all successful ventures, this was made possible by teamwork, and I am very grateful to each and every member of the Office of Research and Innovation for all they do to support our students and faculty develop their scholarships. Sincerely,

Ramprasad Balasubramanian, PhD Vice Provost for Research and Academic Affairs Director, Marine and Undersea Technology (MUST) Research Program

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Professor, Department of Computer and Information Science

A letter from the Chancellor

A message from Chancellor Mark A. Fuller Every year, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth compiles an annual research report to give a snapshot of some of the most innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries being made on our campus. And every year, the list of accomplishments gets more impressive. This year’s report sets the bar at an all-time high, with tens of millions of dollars in funding flowing into the university and incredible research findings being shared. Autonomous vehicles to survey coastal environments in the region and beyond. Research helping to aid the fishing industry. A transformative justice certificate to equip our students and community with skills to build a better world. Virtual reality tours of historical sights to educate and inspire. Cybersecurity, healthcare, mathematics, the blue economy— our faculty are conducting research at the forefront of a broad range of fields. They’re also inspiring and training the next generation of scientists and scholars. Our research expenditures and incoming grants continue to grow, to the tremendous benefit of our entire campus community. As the only public research university on the SouthCoast, we offer our students a unique value proposition. It’s not just graduate students who play an active part in our dynamic research programs—this cutting-edge work informs our undergraduate curriculum, and our faculty make extraordinary efforts to engage our undergraduate students in hands-on research. That commitment to excellence and engagement helps to fuel UMass Dartmouth’s standing as a nationally-ranked research university. Out of the thousands of higher education institutions in the country, only 134 have achieved the Carnegie classification as a Doctoral Research University – High Research Activity (R2). That is a tremendous accomplishment, and one that is attributed to our outstanding faculty. Their creativity and curiosity, passion, and persistence are tackling some of our nation’s most pressing challenges, with the support of a staff that I know share my pride for UMass Dartmouth’s leadership and scholarship across our research portfolio. Congratulations to everyone who made the accomplishments of this year’s report possible. You are making a difference on our campus, in our community, and throughout the world, and I can’t wait to see what new discoveries and research lie ahead for UMass Dartmouth. Sincerely,

Mark A. Fuller, PhD Chancellor

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School for Marine Science & Technology

Second Office of Naval Research Award to

continue unique partnership between faculty and regional partners $4.2M grant from U.S. Navy to fund new marine technology research projects On October 28, 2020, UMass Dartmouth announced a $4.2 million grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to fund new research projects through the Marine and UnderSea Technology research program (MUST) in partnership with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWC). This latest award follows a $4.6M grant from the Office of Naval Research in February 2020 - the largest research award in the university’s history. This second award from the United States Navy will create new opportunities for regional collaborations across academia, industry, and the military. New projects look to address problems of naval relevance in the areas of batteries, acoustics, modeling of ocean dynamics, biofouling, composite materials, autonomy, machine learning, and marine robotics. The grant will be administered by the Marine and UnderSea Technology research program (MUST), which was formed to address the needs of the Navy and the defense industry by developing innovative faculty research and a pipeline of highly trained workers. “With this latest award from the U.S. Navy, UMass Dartmouth has once again proven its leadership in research and development for the

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marine technology sector. I am proud that our faculty use their research expertise to foster regional industry collaborations that continuously build a blue economy business and innovation ecosystem,” said UMass Dartmouth Acting Chancellor Mark Preble. “A special thanks to Congressman Bill Keating, who understands the practical importance of UMass Dartmouth’s marine science and technology research to our region’s economic health and our country’s defense needs. I want to thank Congressman Keating and the entire Massachusetts Congressional Delegation for supporting our university’s blue economy ambitions.” “Southeastern Massachusetts is wellpositioned to be the national leader on blue economy projects, and this $4.25 million grant from the Office of Naval Research reaffirms what we already know: that UMass Dartmouth is uniquely positioned to lead the region forward as a blue economy hub,” said Congressman Bill Keating. “I was proud to work to secure an increase in the Navy’s Research, Development, Testing, & Evaluation budget, and it’s great to see some of that money coming back to the district. The cutting-edge research undertaken at UMass Dartmouth will assist the Navy and sailors stationed throughout the

world, and that is something our region should be proud of.” “With this grant award from the Office of Naval Research, UMass Dartmouth is once again demonstrating its excellence in marine science technology and engineering, an economic sector that will be critical to the future of the region,” UMass President Marty Meehan said. “I want to thank Congressman Keating for his support of this initiative and congratulate the outstanding faculty whose research expertise attracted this investment.” To respond to the needs of the Navy, MUST has focused on areas that can both address short-term concerns and long-term goals. These areas of study include autonomous underwater vehicles and increasing their battery life, biofouling, composite materials, machine learning with marine robotics, modeling of ocean dynamics, and the use of undersea acoustics for communications and sensing technologies. “UMass Dartmouth is the public research university for the South Coast of Massachusetts and a crucial driver of the state’s blue economy. The $4.2M grant from the Office of Naval Research will fund new marine science projects and

help to cement the region and state as an international hub for advanced marine technology. This robust and consistent federal investment in UMass Dartmouth’s MUST Research Program is a testament to the strong partnerships and future collaborations being developed between the Navy and the UMass Dartmouth community,” said Senator Edward Markey. “This grant is a testament to the students and faculty at UMass Dartmouth and their essential research in marine technology,” said Senator Elizabeth Warren. “The Navy’s investment in the Marine and UnderSea Technology research program will help UMass Dartmouth and the South Coast continue to lead, innovate, and advance the Commonwealth’s Blue Economy.” “Building a Blue Economy that creates jobs, protects our environment and strengthens our region for generations requires investments in the students and researchers leading our way. Empowered by this historic grant, the UMass Dartmouth MUST Research Program will continue to chart a path towards establishing an international hub for advanced marine technology

throughout Southeastern New England,” said Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III. This latest award showcases UMass Dartmouth’s continued leadership in marine science and technology education and research. Since 2015, the Navy has awarded the university with 21 grants worth nearly $14 million in investment.

significance,” said Associate Provost Ramprasad Balasubramanian, who leads the MUST research program. “MUST provides a wellspring of talent and technologies to the U.S. Navy and the companies they partner with, while further cementing the university’s role in the regional marine science and technology innovation economy.”

“UMass Dartmouth’s evolution over 125 years from textile technologies to leading edge cyber security and marine technology research shows their commitment to continued excellence. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport values the long standing relationship we have with UMASS Dartmouth, and are excited to expand our collaboration in undersea technology development through their MUST program into the future,” said Jason Gomez, Chief Technology Officer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport. “This investment builds off of UMass Dartmouth’s long-standing specialization in marine science and technology fields by connecting our students and researchers to emerging technological challenges of regional and national

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College of Engineering

Using citizen science gaming to enhance understanding of structural biology Firas Khatib Professor

Professor Firas Khatib received $557,571 to improve the ability of “Foldit” to manipulate biomolecules at atomic resolution The goal of structural biologists is to visualize biomolecules like proteins at atomic resolution through methods like X-ray crystallography and Cryo-Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM). Viewing items at this level is critical in understanding all aspects of biology, including diseases and their cures. This has become especially salient with the rise of Foldit, an intuitive video game that allows citizen scientists to visualize and interact with proteins and their makeup. Citizen scientists have used Foldit impressively, including its use to solve an HIV-related enzyme’s crystal structure and successfully design synthetic proteins. Associate Professor Firas Khatib (Computer & Information Science) is part of the team pushing Foldit into the future by strengthening its abilities. With his NSF award for “CIBR: Incorporating Crystallography and Cryo-EM tools into Foldit,” Khatib will unlock new scientific knowledge and understanding in the structure determination community. Current abilities for solving proteins will be improved after Khatib, and his team analyze and share the methods employed by expert Foldit players. By integrating experimental data, Khatib hopes to transform Foldit into a multi-faceted tool that dramatically improves the capabilities of the structure determination community by enabling citizen scientists to interact with complex biomolecules directly. “There is an ongoing need for improvements for methods to solve crystal and cryo-EM structures,”

said Khatib. “Determining the threedimensional structure of a protein is essential to understand how specific proteins interact and how they can be effectively targeted with drugs.” More than 750,000 people have already played Foldit since its inception. Khatib hopes that this research will improve the capabilities of Foldit to enable scientists and citizen scientists alike to build biological structures of varying types and sizes accurately. This capability could strongly improve science’s ability

to understand the basis of many biological phenomena. “It’s exciting that these new capabilities can enhance the variety and quality of educational options using Foldit,” said Khatib. “If we continue to increase the engagement of non-experts in protein structure determination, it will inspire other members of the public to join similar scientific projects and increase the general public’s interest in STEM topics.”

If we continue to increase the engagement of non-experts in protein structure determination, it will inspire other members of the public to join similar scientific projects and increase the general public’s interest in STEM topics.”

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College of Arts & Sciences

Research driven approach to enacting Transformative Justice Viviane Saleh-Hanna Professor

Professor Viviane Saleh-Hanna partners with Massasoit Community College and UMass School of Law to bolster justice-related occupations with $150,000 grant UMass Dartmouth, along with partners Massasoit Community College and UMass School of Law, were awarded a $150,000 Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) grant from the Office of the Governor to research and gather evidence-based data toward the creation of a multi-campus curriculum for a Transformative Justice Certification Program. This initiative, run by Principal Investigator Professor Viviane SalehHanna (Crime & Justice Studies) will help institutions of higher education implement training, certification, and workforce readiness for Transformative Justice Practitioners. The Massachusetts HEIF seeds and supports innovations and proven practices in public higher education specifically aimed at advancing the Commonwealth’s overarching goal to significantly raise success outcomes among under-represented student populations. This most recent grant focused on funding projects that support initiatives and activities that adopt an equity lens designed to increase college-going and completion rates for minoritized students, specifically students of color and/ or students from low-income and/or first-generation backgrounds. “The goal is to create a data-driven Transformative Justice Practitioners Certificate that responds to the collective needs of our three campuses, and the communities our students represent. The program would allow Massasoit Community College,

UMass Dartmouth, and UMass Law students to engage in a collaborative Transformative Justice principles and skills training certificate that will equip them to practice and create Transformative Justice Centers and Services in communities and campuses that seek these services and supports,” said Professor Viviane Saleh-Hanna, Principal Investigator on the grant, and Chairperson of Crime & Justice Studies Department at UMass Dartmouth. “We are amid the largest social movement in the history of the United States. Needs and demands for true justice are not going away. The Transformative Justice Practitioner’s Certificate would offer an innovative response that Higher Education in this region can contribute towards meeting those needs.” The Transformative Justice Certification Program aims to alter methodologies historically utilized by the existing criminal justice system which are ineffective and inequitably punitive against this constituency group. The collaboration between UMass Dartmouth, Massasoit Community College, and UMass School of Law presents a unique opportunity to produce training and education opportunities that bring together new ideas within criminology, criminal justice, and justice studies research and researched based methodologies informed by transformative justice and harm-reduction studies. “It’s a privilege to be part of this innovative movement of Transformative

Justice within the Massasoit and Brockton communities, as well as Massachusetts higher education,” said Yolanda Dennis, chief diversity officer at Massasoit. “This initiative aligns with the Massachusetts Equity Agenda and our commitment to social justice. It will create a new academic pathway and opportunities for our students while strengthening our partnership with UMass Dartmouth.” “UMass Law is honored to take part in this important initiative that will offer students practical skills and further our mission of advancing justice within and beyond the Commonwealth,’ said Eric Mitnick, Dean at UMass Law. “As the only public law school in Massachusetts, our students and faculty seek opportunities to better their communities through the power of their legal education.” The outcome of the project is to build a program and curriculum that integrates skills-based, data-driven, and theoretically rigorous training and certification for Transformative Justice Practitioners. This will allow graduates to introduce Transformative Justice within already existing services, or to found Transformative Justice centers in many settings. This includes but is not limited to educational settings and communities seeking a survivorcentered, harm-reduction, needs-based justice.

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College of Arts & Sciences

Research to support and prepare students with vital skills for STEM workforce Yanlai Chen, PhD Professor

Associate Professor Yanlai Chen received $650,000 grant to run program that provides financial support and mentoring for low-income students in core STEM courses A National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that will prepare students for the nation’s high-quality STEM workforce was awarded to Associate Professor of Mathematics Yanlai Chen and colleagues from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Engineering. The $650,000 grant will provide awards averaging $5,000 to 80 promising low-income students while ensuring computer-aided problem solving in authentic settings is taught in core STEM courses. The S-STEM scholars will be selected from the departments of biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics, and physics. The grant, Implementation of a Contextualized Computing Pedagogy in STEM Core Courses and its Impact on Undergraduate Student Academic Success, Retention, and Graduation, is also known as the ACCOMPLISH grant. In addition to financial assistance, the grant aims to provide multi-faceted and near-peer mentoring, social support, and a contextualized computingcentered education framework for eligible STEM students to prepare them to compete successfully in graduate school and careers in highdemand fields. “The grant will provide financial scholarships directly to qualified students who have an unmet need

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following the regular aid provided by UMass Dartmouth,” said Chen. “This gap is currently close to $5,000; the grant can assist 80 students over five years. “This assistance will allow students to reduce their reliance on paid work and thus focus more on their studies,” added Chen. “In addition to providing this extra layer of financial aid, the project features a comprehensive support system encompassing mentoring and career enrichment, and a state-of-the-art pedagogy integrating contextualized computing, data analysis, and authentic problem solving across the STEM disciplines. Lastly, these STEM scholars will be admitted in cohorts which will enhance their social belonging and aid retention.” The program is motivated by the success of a previous NSF-funded CSUMS (Computational Science Training for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences) program led by Chancellor Professor of Mathematics Sigal Gottlieb from 2008-2013. CSUMS alumni have achieved successful career trajectories in employment and graduate school. One Co-Principal Investigator of the grant, Shakhnoza Kayumova, associate professor of STEM education and teacher development, currently holds a five-year CAREER grant aiming to create new and innovative methods to

recognize and promote competent science performance and language identity development among English Language Learners. Lastly, both UMassD College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) and College of Engineering (COE) deans have managed S-STEM programs at their previous institutions. The design of the ACCOMPLISH program is based on STEM research, attaining at least seven classic highimpact educational practices, in addition to a comprehensive support system encompassing mentoring, financial aid, and career enrichment. One main theme of the program is to integrate

I was extremely grateful to the NSF for recognizing our vision with this major investment and giving our team the opportunity to implement a great plan.” contextualized computing and data analysis across the STEM disciplines. Implementation will begin Fall 2021. To be eligible for ACCOMPLISH, applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, nationals, or refugees; have a high school core GPA above 3.0 or be enrolled in a STEM discipline with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0; and demonstrate unmet financial need. Application materials will include a transcript (high school or college), one letter of support from a STEM teacher or professor, and an essay explaining the student’s interests and goals.

Recipients of the ACCOMPLISH grant can be first-year students, current students, students from the alternative admission program CollegeNow, or transfer students. “I was extremely grateful to the NSF for recognizing our vision with this major investment and giving our team the opportunity to implement a great plan,” said Chen. “I was ecstatic for our STEM students who will greatly benefit financially from the scholarships and academically from the support system, including the special pedagogy our team will put in place.”

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three faculty named Fulbright Scholars Professor Anna M. Klobucka, Professor Soheil Sibdari, and Associate Professor Dilshod Achilov to serve as Fulbright’s on international research trips

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In 2021, the Fulbright Program announced that Professor Anna M. Klobucka (Portuguese), Professor Soheil Sibdari (Decision & Information Sciences), and Associate Professor Dilshod Achilov (Political Science) were named Fulbright Scholars for 2022.

To highlight and problematize the multifaceted activity of women as cultural agents in early twentieth-century Portugal, Klobucka seeks to uncover and map historical evidence of cultural work by Portuguese women who loved women. In her research, she has found that many of these women are little known despite having led extraordinary lives, and part of her research will be directed toward biographical reclamation. Klobucka aims to draw out diverse narratives of individual women’s engagements with the opportunities of modernity and the challenges of patriarchal and heteronormative regimes governing Portuguese society.

Klobucka will serve her Fulbright research fellowship for residence in Portugal on the project titled “Among Women: Cultural Agency, Sociability, and Sexuality on the Margins of Portuguese Modernism.” Klobucka will examine cultural production and agency by Portuguese women who were active during canonical Portuguese modernism in the early 20th century by focusing on structures of collaboration and sociability among them. “As a naturalized citizen of the United States whose work has addressed Portuguese-language literatures and Lusophone cultural history, I am proud and delighted to be able to represent U.S. academia as a Fulbright Scholar in Portugal. With this project, I seek to tell a different story of Portuguese modernism, one that attends comprehensively to the unprecedented flourishing of women’s participation in the country’s maledominated cultural and literary sphere in the first decades of the 20th century,” said Klobucka.

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Klobucka will visit Portugal and explore a wide variety of primary sources, such as periodicals and unpublished correspondence, held in both public and private collections. The product of this research will be a published book manuscript in English with a Portuguese translation. Professor Soheil Sibdari’s Fulbright will bring him to the University of Cape Town in South Africa to study the South African aviation market. Sibdari is an expert on the economics of the aviation sector, which includes topics like pricing, routing, and scheduling, and route planning. Before his Fulbright, Sibdari

conducted similar studies on the U.S. aviation industry to provide benchmarks and other metrics to countries looking to increase their air travel economic impact and connectivity. While in South Africa, Sibdari will examine the country’s current air travel through the lens of short-, medium-, and long-term economic impacts. “I am feeling that I am a U.S. representative, communicating with different people, comparing the cultures, learning about Africa, and explaining “Fulbright.” I encouraged few students and professors to apply for different programs. I am building lasting relationships, turning Cape Town into my happy place where I will visit in future,” said Sibdari. While at the University of Cape Town, Sibdari will deliver multiple seminars on aviation management and collaborate with faculty and students to address some of the larger issues related to the aviation economy. Associate Professor Dilshod Achilov will serve his Fulbright residence in Kazakhstan to research “Assessing the Effectiveness of De-Radicalization Strategies in Central Asia.” Achilov seeks to study the effectiveness of security and de-radicalization policies and initiatives

put forth by the state in the last decade and comparatively analyze the effects of such efforts on the dynamics of democratization and civil society in Central Asia. “I was very excited to find out I was chosen for this prestigious award,” said Achilov. “I wanted to go to the region while continuing my research on the area’s security politics.” Achilov, who joined UMass Dartmouth in 2016, will be working with students and colleagues in the Philosophy and Political Science departments at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

(KazNU), the country’s oldest and largest research university. “In a way, I’m looking forward to acting as an academic ambassador of the United States and contributing to the liberal arts education in Kazakhstan. At the same time, I aim to learn from my Kazakhstani students and colleagues so that I can bring those experiences back to my students at UMass Dartmouth when teaching about the region,” Achilov said. “The government of Kazakhstan has significantly invested in higher education over the last decade. Impressively, KazNU, and particularly the faculty of the Philosophy and Political Science

In a way, I’m looking forward to acting as an academic ambassador of the United States and contributing to the liberal arts education in Kazakhstan. At the same time, I aim to learn from my Kazakhstani students and

departments, has emerged as one of the top academic institutions in Central Asia.” Achilov teaches Comparative Politics, Writing in Political Science, and Islam and Politics at UMassD this semester and Politics of the Middle East and Research Methods in semesters past. “My pedagogical style is best described as learner-centric teaching. I try to really engage students to foster collaboration, critical thinking, and critical analysis in all of my classes,” said Achilov. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. It is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Fulbright Program is funded through an annual appropriation by the U.S. Congress to the U.S. Department of State. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations worldwide also provide direct and indirect support to the Program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide.

colleagues so that I can bring those experiences back to my students at UMass Dartmouth when teaching about the region.”

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faculty fellowships (CONT.)

Melissa Desroches Assistant Professor, Community Nursing Building for Scale Scholar Assistant Professor Melissa Desroches (Community Nursing) was named a Building for Scale Scholar through the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing RESILIENCE Center. The Scholar program is a six month extensive learning experience focused on designing and adapting testable and scalable innovations to meet the needs of persons and their families in the disability community.

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Kevin Stokesbury Professor, Fisheries Oceanography National Academy of Sciences’ Committee Professor Kevin Stokesbury (Fisheries Oceanography) was elected to the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on the Assessment and Advancement of Science in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) Environmental Studies Program. BOEM’s Environmental Studies Program develops, funds, and manages rigorous scientific research specifically to inform policy decisions on the development of energy and mineral resources.

Melvyn Huff Full time lecturer, Mathematics National Science Board Full time lecturer Melvyn Huff (Mathematics) was appointed to the National Science Board. Huff has developed new methods of teaching basic and advanced calculus with a central focus on individual contact with students. His publications have covered various aspects of confidence measure, synthetic aperture radar, and data tracking. He will serve on the National Science Board until 2026.

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School for Marine Science & Technology

Development of Groundfish Stock Indices an aid to fishing industry Steven Cadrin Professor

Professor Steven Cadrin received $385,573 grant to develop standardized indices of groundfish abundance that can contribute to improved stock assessments SMAST faculty and graduate students are collaborating with scientists from the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, regional scientists, and members of the Northeast Seafood Coalition to implement recommendations of the New England Fishery Management Council’s Fishery Data for Stock Assessment Working Group. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries awarded School of Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) Professor Steven Cadrin a $385,573 grant to develop standardized indices of groundfish abundance that can contribute to improved stock assessments. The initiative, called the Analysis of New England Groundfish Catch Rates, intends to contribute to the improvement of groundfish stock assessments in the Northeast United States by providing fishery perceptions of relative abundance and potentially including fishery catch rates as indices of abundance in stock assessment models. Cadrin, who is the project’s Principal Investigator, is an alumnus of UMass Dartmouth’s Marine Biology master’s program. Associate Professor Gavin Fay and Professor Pingguo He are the project’s Co-Principal Investigators. Graduate students working on the project include Keith Hernandez (MAR MS), Lucy McGinnis (MAR MS) and Max Grezlik (MAR PhD). Stock assessment of New England groundfish (such as Cod, Haddock, and Flounder) rely primarily on fishermen’s catch and resource surveys, which is an imperfect science, Cadrin says. The idea to create new standardized indices from fishery catch rates has been a long developing idea and research agenda in SMAST, so when the New England Fishery Management Council recommended the project, Cadrin was thrilled to get to work. “This award allows us to continue and expand our research on using fishery catch rates to potentially improve groundfish stock assessments so we can estimate abundance and advise sustainable catch rates,” said Cadrin. “We’ve invested in much

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greater monitoring, aiming to put observers on 100% of fishing trip boats to estimate catch and fishing effort.” An accurate assessment of groundfish is vital to prevent overfishing a region. In New England, several stocks of Flounder and Cod are depleted, leaving the fishing industry in a crisis. Fishery data can be used to derive catch rates. Standardized catch rates account for differences in the fishery over time so they can accurately reflect stock trends. For example, high catch rates can indicate abundant stocks, and low catch rates can indicate depleted stocks. Fishery catch rates can supplement survey indices to improve groundfish stock assessments. With a more accurate assessment, Cadrin hopes to provide the best scientific recommendations, like catch limits, to ensure a more long-term and sustainable system. “I think this project is a great example of the important work we do at SMAST, and the partnerships we have with NOAA and the Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region (CINAR),” said Cadrin. “There’s a wide collaboration between these groups, fishermen, other scientists, and our graduate students, who are receiving highly-applied and excellent training. Their results are being used directly to impact fishery management and their experience interacting with fishermen and government scientists to contribute to the regional fishery science process is great real-world experience for them.” So far Cadrin’s team has developed standardized indices of abundance for halibut, witch flounder, haddock, American plaice, and Atlantic Cod for consideration in stock assessments. The team is continuing to develop catch rate indices for groundfish stock assessments and publishing case studies on relative efficiency of fishery catch rates, spatiotemporal approaches, and species co-occurrence as graduate students’ theses over the next year.

College of Engineering

Creating engagement with Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity for the next generation Chandra Orrill Professor

Professor Chandra Orrill received $299,000 grant to develop a population that is more knowledgeable about and engaged in the topics of cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and how they intersect. The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a team led by STEM Education Professor Chandra Orrill a $299,481 EAGER grant, titled “Opening Doors for Cybersecurity & AI: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Engaging Middle School Students.” The initiative aims to engage cybersecurity and AI professionals in conversations with educational researchers, AI and cybersecurity researchers, and K-12 teachers as a means for identifying knowledge middle school students should know, including needs and benefits, at the intersection of cybersecurity and AI. Orrill, who is the project’s Principal Investigator, is also the Director of the Kaput Center for Research and Innovation in STEM Education at UMass Dartmouth. Co-Principal Investigator Shakhnoza Kayumova is an Associate Professor of STEM Education and Teacher Development at UMassD, and a member of the Kaput Center’s Executive Board. They are joined by University of Calgary Professor Pratim Sengupta, a Kaput Center Advisory Board member. Orrill says educating youth on AI and cybersecurity is imperative, both because there’s a shortage of people entering the workforce in these fields,

and just to function in and understand a world becoming ever more filled with technology and AI. “As we add more Amazon Alexa’s, ‘smart’ doorbells, refrigerators, thermostats and more, and add more of our personal information and data into ‘the cloud’, you have to understand AI to protect yourself,” said Orrill. “Using cybersecurity and AI may sound flashy, but what this initiative really comes down to is being able to understand your surroundings in the 21st century.” To teach computer science to K-12 students, Orrill says we need to create curricula that allow K-12 teachers to learn alongside their students. “Computer science evolves so quickly that there’s no way teachers can keep up with it,” said Orrill. “This initiative hopes to create a curriculum that teachers can learn from and feel confident with while presenting it to their students.”

feel comfortable teaching themselves and their students. “It was so exciting to bring these different groups together because they were all so passionate about building a pipeline of students interested in careers in computer science, but all had very different takes on what students need and how they should move from point A to point B,” said Orrill. “Each community has been very engaged with and understanding of each others’ practices in an effort to team up to develop best practices for instruction and learning.” The NSF EAGER grant directly supports funding for the K-12 teachers, project staff, and the development of modules and data analysis. Local K-12 teachers helping to develop curriculum are Ryan Robidoux (Norton Public Schools), James Burke (Somerset Berkley Regional High School), and Tobey Eugenio (Our Sisters School in New Bedford).

To address the call for EAGER grants at the intersection of cybersecurity and AI, Orrill and Ed Rohmer, owner of Coastal Technology Group, gathered a group of industry and academic professionals to bounce ideas off each other, which led to the creation of this project. Together, Orrill and her team created three goals: Create a baseline tool to measure what students do and don’t know about computer science already, bring together computer science professionals, computer science researchers, education researchers, and K-12 educators to understand identify key concepts and identify possible approaches, and develop a proof-of-concept curriculum that teachers

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College of Engineering

Creation of acoustic signal processing models to better understand echolocation John Buck Chancellor Professor

Chancellor Professor John Buck receives $434,000 MURI award to study noninvasive brain imaging techniques, animal behavior experiments, & signal processing models

Dolphins and porpoises exploit their natural sonar – called echolocation – to move in complicated underwater environments, even in low visibility conditions. They transmit short high frequency clicks, then listen for the returning echoes to avoid obstacles, find their prey, and sometimes even return sunglasses that human trainers have lost in the water. “The animals often find objects faster and more reliably than manmade sonars, suggesting that they extract information from sound more efficiently than engineering systems,” says Chancellor Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor John R. Buck. Dr. Buck is part of a five-university team led by Carnegie Mellon University that recently received a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant from the Office of Naval Research to study the echolocation strategies of marine mammals. Buck’s $434,000 portion of the grant will create acoustic signal processing models for the information in marine mammal sonars. “The project combines noninvasive brain imaging techniques, animal behavior experiments, and signal processing models to gain a better understanding of how the animals use echolocation to gather information about their environment,” Buck says. The project also investigates how maximizing the information guides the animals’ search strategies.

Abigail Keith ‘20, who earned her BS in electrical and computer engineering recently defended her MS thesis, worked with Buck in his lab at UMassD. Keith implemented biologically-inspired search algorithms on the iRobot Create, the educational version of the popular Roomba cleaning robot. While conducting research experiments with the robot, she demonstrated that the dolphin-inspired algorithms are faster on average than other common search algorithms when searching for difficult to detect objects. Keith says independent research as a graduate research assistant allowed her to explore topics she was interested in through hands-on experience and in-depth study. “I found it immensely valuable to have a thesis advisor guide me through my research.” Keith, who

is an Electrical Engineer 2 at Raytheon Technologies, had the opportunity to have my mentor from Raytheon serve on my thesis committee. “Conducting research as a graduate student truly has helped me to feel confident and capable in my knowledge and abilities as I begin my career as an engineer,” Keith says. “The insights gained from this research will ultimately lead to better manmade sonars to allow underwater robots to navigate more safely and locate objects in difficult conditions, such as around oil platforms or crowded harbors,” Buck says.

The project combines noninvasive brain imaging techniques, animal behavior experiments, and signal processing models to gain a better understanding of how the animals use echolocation to gather information about

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Inter-disciplinary team of faculty to explore the history of the Hoover Dam using virtual reality Anthony Arrigo Associate Professor

Associate Professor Anthony Arrigo and team receive grant from National Endowment for the Humanities for innovative project The National Endowment for the Humanities announced $33M in 2021 awards for 213 humanities projects nationwide, including $99,947 for “VR Hoover Dam: A Virtual Reality Game Exploring the History and Construction of an American Icon,” led by Associate Professor Anthony Arrigo (English & Communication). VR Hoover Dam aims to use virtual reality to introduce the public to a historically based, photorealistic educational experience centered on the construction of one of the most iconic structures in the world. VR Hoover Dam combines cutting edge-technologies with current humanities scholarship to create an interactive, 4-dimensional game that takes place within the landscape of the 1930s Black Canyon site where Hoover Dam was built.

the University. Included in the project are Associate Professor Shakhnoza Kayumova (STEM Education & Teacher Development) and Professor Scott Ahrens (Art & Design). By utilizing faculty expertise in various fields of study, the game will allow players to interact with and learn about historical figures, get a sense of what it was like to live and work at the dam, and to understand Hoover Dam’s tremendous importance and wide-ranging impacts. VR Hoover Dam will allow participants to stand at any spot at the damsite and see the construction at any phase, on any date, from any vantage, in photo-realistic VR.

The latest slate of NEH grants “support innovative digital projects for the public, humanities initiatives on college campuses, and infrastructure projects at cultural institutions.” VR Hoover Dam was one of only 17 Digital Projects awarded nationwide.

“Our team is very excited for this opportunity to build engaging, interdisciplinary educational content using cutting-edge technologies. We’re going to be attempting some things that have never been done before in VR, and so we’re looking forward to getting started,” said Arrigo. To accomplish the task of bringing the history of the Hoover Dam to life through virtual reality, Arrigo has built a team of faculty researchers from across

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College of Engineering

Researching maritime fuel efficiency and hydrodynamic interactions in boat propulsion Hangjian Ling Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor Hangjian Ling awarded $299,778 to better understand the hydrodynamic interactions

The National Science Foundation awarded Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Hangjian Ling with a $299,778 grant for his project “Mechanism of gas depletion on super-hydrophobic surfaces in turbulent flows”. In recent years there has been a large increase in the demand for ocean exploration which requires the usage of marine vessels. This ultimately leads to an increase in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. During the propulsion of the ship, the majority of the fuel or energy is spent to overcome the hydrodynamic friction experienced by the ship hull. Developing friction drag reduction techniques, therefore, could result in huge economic and environmental benefits. Among others, the textured super-hydrophobic (or water-repelling) surface is one emerging technology to potentially reduce friction drag.

Ling’s new research project aims to better understand the hydrodynamic interactions between the super-hydrophobic surface and turbulent flows by conducting state-of-the-art experimental measurements. In particular, Ling looks to answer a key question of how air bubbles trapped on the textured surface respond to turbulent flows. “This new award allows our group to advance the knowledge of flow physics at the interface of novel materials, and to address the critical energy and environmental challenges in our society,” said Ling. Ultimately, the results from this research will guide material scientists and engineers to develop novel passive and active technologies to save energy for maritime transport.

This new award allows our group to advance the knowledge of flow physics at the interface of novel materials, and to address the critical energy and environmental challenges in our society.”

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Office of Research Administration

ORA report Continued growth at UMass Dartmouth While research may have looked different during 2020 – 2021, the vital importance of research remains unchanged. Despite the challenges resulting from the pandemic and its impact on research activities, UMass Dartmouth has maintained an impressive research portfolio. UMass Dartmouth’s fiscal year 2021 sponsored research expenditures reached $14.6 million, a 12% increase from the prior fiscal year. During FY21, we received $15.9 million in funding from federal research funding agencies. Funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rose by nearly 30% to a total of $2.8 million. Funding from Department of Defense agencies totals $5.4 million, a 5% increase from FY20. This is all supported by the team in the Office of Research Administration (ORA). From the submission of grant proposals to post-award grant management, and the grant accounting and financial reporting functions, their support ensures the successful operation of the research enterprise at UMass Dartmouth, and I gratefully acknowledge their efforts. In the next pages, you’ll see the detailed metrics demonstrating the continued growth of research here. ORA strives to provide quality, customer-focused service the UMass Dartmouth research community. I thank you for your continued partnership in support of the UMass Dartmouth research enterprise.

Megan Hennessey-Greene Director, Office of Research Administration

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Metrics

FY2017 - FY2021 Proposals Submitted and Percentage Awarded 250

60%

222

214

50%

198

200

190

179 40% 150

30%

100 20%

10%

FY2017

FY2018

Non Federal Department of Defense Other Federal Sources National Science Foundation Department of Health and Human Services

FY2019

FY2020

FY2021

Department of Commerce (NOAA) National Aero and Space Administration % Awarded Grand Total

Funding Requested v. Awarded FY2017 - FY2021 (000’s) $80.0

45%

$70.8M

$70.0

$63.6M

$62.5M $60.0

40%

35%

$56.9M 30%

$50.0

$47.1M 25%

$40.0 20% $30.0 15% $20.0

10%

$10.0

$–

FY2017

FY2018 Requested $

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FY2019 Awarded $

FY2020 % Awarded

FY2021

Metrics

New Awards FY2017 - FY2021 (000’s) $25,000

$20.5M $19.4M

$20,000

$16.0M

$15,000

$14.9M $12.1M

$10,000

$5,000

$–

FY2017

FY2018

FY2019

Non Federal Department of Education National Science Foundation Department of Health and Human Services

FY2020

FY2021

Department of Commerce (NOAA) Other Federal Sources Department of Defense Grand Total

Active Awards 5-Year Trend FY2017 - FY2021 (000’s) 285

80.0

$61.5M 70.0

$70.2M $60.1M

$54.7M

280

$59.1M

275

60.0

270

50.0

265 40.0

280 30.0

260

272

268

20.0

264

250

255

10.0

—

255

245

FY2017 # Awards

FY2018

FY2019

FY2020

FY2021

240

# Dollars (000’s)

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Sponsored Research Expenditures FY2017 - FY2021 (000’s)

$16,000 $14.6M

$14,000

$13.9M $13.3M

$13.4M

FY2018

FY2019

$13.0M

$12,000

$10,000

$8,000

$6,000

$4,000

$2,000

FY2017

Non Federal Department of Education National Science Foundation Department of Health and Human Services

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FY2021

Department of Commerce (NOAA) Other Federal Sources Department of Defense Grand Total

Metrics

Top 10 Grant Award Recipients in FY 2021 Name

Sponsor

Amount

Ramprasad Balasubramanian

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH

$4,205,268

Kevin D.E. Stokesbury

CLEARWATER SEAFOODS MA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES MASSACHUSETTS CLEAN ENERGY CENTER NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

$16,032 $350,000 $245,762 $767,638

Grand Total

$1,379,432

Lisa A. Jochim

MA DEPT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY ED

$1,001,512

Steven X. Cadrin

GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE MA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES PEW CHARITABLE TRUST WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION

$12,187 $50,000 $338,935 $468,236

Grand Total

Kristin A. Hagopian

MA DEPT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY ED U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Grand Total

Brian L. Howes

AMT BIOPRODUCTS CORP CITY OF FALL RIVER FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY GHD, INC. MA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES MARTHA’S VINEYARD COMMISSION MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE SPRINGFIELD WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION O THREE BAYS PRESERVATION TOWN OF BARNSTABLE TOWN OF BREWSTER TOWN OF CHATHAM TOWN OF DENNIS TOWN OF FALMOUTH TOWN OF HARWICH TOWN OF MASHPEE TOWN OF NANTUCKET TOWN OF ORLEANS TOWN OF PLYMOUTH TOWN OF STOW TOWN OF YARMOUTH Grand Total

$869,358

$2,426 $857,090 $859,516 $22,655 $30,000 $38,781 $41,340 $2,000 $18,750 $8,400 $2,550 $16,000 $36,415 $46,270 $41,439 $18,000 $31,675 $75,370 $8,400 $49,710 $109,000 $71,859 $16,000 $8,400 $693,014

Yanlai Chen

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

$650,000

Firas Denis Khatib

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

$557,571

Changsheng Chen

NE REG ASSOC OF COASTAL OCEAN OBSERV SYS WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION

$475,611 $79,218

Grand Total Arghavan Louhghalam

$524,940

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Grand Total:

For a complete list of awards, please visit:

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$11,295,439

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FY2017 - FY2021 Proposals Submitted and Percentage Awarded 250

60%

222

214

50%

198

200

190

179 40% 150

30%

100 20%

10%

FY2017

FY2018

Non Federal Department of Defense Other Federal Sources National Science Foundation Department of Health and Human Services

FY2019

FY2020

FY2021

Department of Commerce (NOAA) National Aero and Space Administration % Awarded Grand Total

Funding Requested v. Awarded FY2017 - FY2021 (000’s) $80.0

45%

$70.8M

$70.0

$63.6M

$62.5M $60.0

40%

35%

$56.9M 30%

$50.0

$47.1M 25%

$40.0 20% $30.0 15% $20.0

10%

$10.0

$–

FY2017

FY2018 Requested $

FY2019 Awarded $

FY2020 % Awarded

FY2021

Metrics

New Awards FY2017 - FY2021 (000’s) $25,000

$20.5M $19.4M

$20,000

$16.0M

$15,000

$14.9M $12.1M

$10,000

$5,000

$–

FY2017

FY2018

FY2019

Non Federal Department of Education National Science Foundation Department of Health and Human Services

FY2020

FY2021

Department of Commerce (NOAA) Other Federal Sources Department of Defense Grand Total

Active Awards 5-Year Trend FY2017 - FY2021 (000’s) 285

80.0

$61.5M 70.0

$70.2M $60.1M

$54.7M

280

$59.1M

275

60.0

270

50.0

265 40.0

280 30.0

260

272

268

20.0

264

250

255

10.0

—

255

245

FY2017 # Awards

FY2018

FY2019

# Dollars (000’s)

FY2020

FY2021

240

Metrics

Sponsored Research Expenditures FY2017 - FY2021 (000’s)

$16,000 $14.6M

$14,000

$13.9M $13.3M

$13.4M

FY2018

FY2019

$13.0M

$12,000

$10,000

$8,000

$6,000

$4,000

$2,000

FY2017

Non Federal Department of Education National Science Foundation Department of Health and Human Services

FY2020

FY2021

Department of Commerce (NOAA) Other Federal Sources Department of Defense Grand Total

Metrics

Top 10 Grant Award Recipients in FY 2021 Name

Sponsor

Amount

Ramprasad Balasubramanian

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH

$4,205,268

Kevin D.E. Stokesbury

CLEARWATER SEAFOODS MA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES MASSACHUSETTS CLEAN ENERGY CENTER NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

$16,032 $350,000 $245,762 $767,638

Grand Total

$1,379,432

Lisa A. Jochim

MA DEPT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY ED

$1,001,512

Steven X. Cadrin

GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE MA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES PEW CHARITABLE TRUST WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION

$12,187 $50,000 $338,935 $468,236

Grand Total

Kristin A. Hagopian

MA DEPT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY ED U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Grand Total

Brian L. Howes

$869,358

$2,426 $857,090 $859,516 $22,655 $30,000 $38,781 $41,340 $2,000 $18,750 $8,400 $2,550 $16,000 $36,415 $46,270 $41,439 $18,000 $31,675 $75,370 $8,400 $49,710 $109,000 $71,859 $16,000 $8,400 $693,014

Yanlai Chen

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

$650,000

Firas Denis Khatib

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

$557,571

Changsheng Chen

NE REG ASSOC OF COASTAL OCEAN OBSERV SYS WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION

$475,611 $79,218

Grand Total Arghavan Louhghalam

$524,940

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Grand Total:

For a complete list of awards, please visit:

$554,829

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$11,295,439

Metrics

Award Amounts FY2019 - FY2021 (000's)

$25,000

$20.4M $20,000

$19.4M $16.1M

Sum Amount Year

$15,000

$10,000

$5,000

—

2019

$16,074,000

2020

$20,422,000

2021

$19,426,000

Grand Total

2020

Total

$55,922,000

2021

Award Count FY2019 - FY2021

145 146 144

138

142 140 138

132

136 134 132 130 128 126 124

2019

2020

2021

Year

Award Count

2019

145

2020

132

2021

138

Metrics

Federal Awards by Agency FY2021

Department of Education 12%

Other 9% Department of Defense 37%

Department of Commerce (NOAA) 18%

National Science Foundation 24%

Agency Name

Amount

Department of Defense

$5,962,277

37%

National Science Foundation

$3,866,989

24%

Department of Commerce (NOAA)

$2,858,741

18%

Department of Education

$1,847,487

12%

Other

$1,402,537

Grand Total

$15,958,031

100%

Grand Total

$15,373,517

100%

Metrics

Awards by Purpose

$20,000,000

$18.2M

$18,000,000

$16.7M

$16,000,000 $14,000,000

$11.2M

$12,000,000 $10,000,000 $8,000,000 $6,000,000

$3.9M

$1.0M

$1.2M

Instruction/Training

2020

Research

$.5M Other Sponsored Activities

2019

Other Sponsored Activities

Instruction/Training

Research

2021 2019

Research Instruction/Training Other Sponsored Activities

2020

2021

Research

$11,216,620 $923,175 $3,872,911 $18,243,616

Instruction/Training

$1,022,102

Other Sponsored Activities

$1,224,496

Research Instruction/Training Other Sponsored Activities

$16,677,603 $524,439 $2,224,302

$2.2M

Other Sponsored Activities

$.9M

$2,000,000

Instruction/Training

$4,000,000

Metrics

Awards by Unit & Department FY2021

Academic Affairs 7%

Other 1% School for Marine Science and Technology 26%

College of Arts and Sciences 21%

Office of the Provost 22%

Unit Name

College of Engineering 23%

Amount

Awards

School for Marine Science & Technology

$4,988,458

College of Engineering

$4,483,853

Office of the Provost

$4,251,268

College of Arts and Sciences

$4,131,846

Academic Affairs

$1,324,958

$245,962

Other Grand Total

$19,426,344

138

Metrics

Proposals by College FY2021 Office of the Provost 7%

College of Nursing and Health Sciences 5%

All Other 1%

College of Engineering 43%

School for Marine Science and Technology 22%

College of Arts and Sciences 22%

Unit Name

Award

Amount

College of Engineering

$27,498,131

43%

College of Arts & Sciences

$14,078,003

22%

School for Marine Science & Technology

$13,757,853

22%

Office of the Provost

$4,251,268

College of Nursing & Health Sciences

$3,391,776

All Other

$687,802

Grand Total

190

$63,664,833

100%

Metrics

Awards by Unit FYs 2019, 2020, 2021 $8,000,000

$7,000,000

$6,000,000

$5,000,000

$4,000,000

$3,000,000

$2,000,000

$1,000,000

Metrics

Awards by Unit & Department FY2021

Non-Federal 39%

Federal 61%

Type

Proposals

Requested

Federal

116

$50,861,950

Non-Federal

$12,734,766

Grand Total

190

$ 63,596,716

Metrics

Expenditures by College, Department & PI FY2021

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Awards by College FY2021

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Awards by College FY2021 (Continued)

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